Top-Class Projects in Hanover: Meet the Finalists of the ‘Stars of Sports’ Regional Popular Sports Competition

Hanover. The jury is top-class, but they are also spoiled for choice. “The quality of the finalists is high,” says Marko Volck, spokesman for the Hannoversche Volksbank, which is organizing the regional popular sports competition “Stars of Sports” for the 20th time and is also organizing the grand finale on August 29 in the Expo Wal. Six projects from Hanover, the region and Celle made it very far in the race for the bronze star.

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Incidentally, the patron of the anniversary competition is one of Germany’s best soccer players: national goalkeeper Merle Frohms from VfL Wolfsburg will choose the winning project and hand over the 1,500 euro check together with Volksbank board spokesman Jürgen Wache. The NP is a partner of the “Stars of Sports” and briefly introduces the finalists here.

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The mini-club with only seven members had already made it to the final in 2022. The chairman, ex-rugby national player Torge-Christian Wittke, initiates sports projects for people who are unable to take part in regular sports activities due to a chronic illness, a disability or economic problems. This time it’s about rugby for children and young people who suffer from the developmental disorder autism. To this end, Herzschläger cooperates with the Hanover Autism Center and existing rugby teams.

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MTV Eintracht Celle

A family who came from Russia founded the first rhythmic gymnastics department in the city at the MTV with 2500 members and also made it an inclusive place. More than half of the people who are now doing sports there, as well as one trainer, fled Ukraine in 2022. The training is therefore currently also held in Ukrainian. Through this role model function, the club hopes that other departments, volunteers and trainers will do even more for integrative sport.

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The 1,600-strong club at Ricklinger Masch has built a publicly accessible playground on its club premises, where children with and without disabilities can play alone or together. The space with a ground trampoline, swings, spring seesaws and conference steles that allow people to speak over a long distance is designed for the disabled – so wheelchair users can also use it. The highlight is a water-mud area that allows for intensive play with running water.

Completed at the end of June: The playground with a water-mud area.

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Shooting club Isernhagen NB from 1910

In the spring of 2022, the association with 111 members decided to modernize and digitize its shooting range, which was built in an old pigsty in the 1990s. Away from the old cable systems and towards digital systems. That’s how the idea “NB goes digital” came about, meanwhile there is the renovated stand with five airgun stands, three steel darts and three soft darts stands. Because after “NB goes digital” came the next innovation, the shooting club founded a darts department through the “NB goes Darts” project and joined the Lower Saxony Darts Association.

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Turnerschaft Grossburgwedel

The large club with 2,600 members called its project “TSG Handball – Next Gen”, which was primarily aimed at handball referees. For years, TSG had paid penalties due to the lack of referees. The structured approach and the new approach set a training offensive in motion. The club now has 13 full referees and eight additional junior referees, which means that the number of referees has multiplied, and the handball department has also grown steadily as a result.

Supporting the swimming offensive: Stadtsportbund President Benjamin Chatton, NP editor-in-chief Carsten Bergmann, Anika Brehme (deputy managing director at the Stadtsportbund), regional president Steffen Krach, TKH board member Hajo Rosenbrock and Garbsen’s mayor Claudio Provenzano (from left).

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Gymnastics Club in Hanover

The oldest and, with 7,400 active members, the largest club in Hanover wanted to counter a general trend with vehemence: that children can no longer swim or can no longer swim properly. The swimming offensive was started with the help of supporters such as the City Sports Association, Regional Sports Association, Lehrter SV, day care centers and schools as well as the NP as a cooperation partner of the swimming summer. Subtitle: “A region learns to swim”. With great success: From April 2022 to summer 2023, 4000 additional beginner swimming courses were created, instructors were qualified and 750 children were provided with free courses during the summer holidays.

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2023-08-15 12:03:29
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